The Sun. — London, England, 1864-08-09 00:00:00

TEE Ci TIL WAR IN AMERICA, (F. rom the Times Correspondent.) NEW YORK, July 26. The whole 5 .nterest of the war has suddenly shifted. from Richmo lad to Atlanta. Not that people have lost faith in General Grant, for they still believe that he will capture the Confederate capital, some time before Christmas, if he be left alone by Mr Lincoln and Mr Stanton on the one hand, and by Mr Jefferson Davis and General Lee on the other ; but because the chances of a great victory achieved. or an overwhelming defeat to be suffered by Gen. Sherman are more immediate. General Joseph Johnston, the Confederate Commander, has been superseded in his command, not because his plans were otherwise than skilful or the best that could be adopted with so small an army as that with -which he had to confront a formidable antagonist, but because the Southern people and his own subs ordinates were of opinion that a stand ought to be made for Atlanta, at any risk and any cost. Gene. ral Hood, appointed to succeed him, lest not a day it appears, in carrying out the new policy, a n d attacked the Federals in their intrenchments be tween the city and the Chattahoechie, The con. test was a stubborn one—as all the battles of the Americans are—and according to the latest account had lasted for three days w i th varying fortunes, but without decided results. The Federal Govern• ment, through Mr. S tanton, though without official despatches from General Sherman, continued to as. sert on Saturday last, as well as on the previous day, that the Confederates had been driven out out of Atlanta with great loss, and had retreated t ow ards Macon. Up t o t hi s t i me there i s no con firmation of this statement, but much reason to believe that the struggle for Atlanta is not at an end, and that the large corps d'armee spared by General Lee from the defences of Richmond and Petersburg is destined either to effect a junction with General Hood, or to fall upon Sher man in the rear, and place him between two fires, from which nothing can extricate him but a skill in retreating greater than even that possessed by Johnston. Though the accounts published by the Washings ton journals are stated to be derived from autho rity, it is suspicious that not a word has come from Gen. Sherman himself, or if it has come that Mr Stanton has not seen fit to send it to the newspapers. The accounts, such as they are, affirm that in the great battle of Friday, the 22d, when Gen. Hood made his second onslaught on the Federals, the loss of the Confederates was 7,000 killed and wounded, and that of the Federals only 2,000. If Gen. Sherman thus reported in an official despatch the world might feel disposed to believe there had been great havoc on both sides, and that the Federal commander was only resorting to an old manceavro to keep up the spirit of his army by underestimating his own losses and exaggerating those of the enemy ; but while all General Sherman's despatches, if ho have sent any, are withheld, and such a statement is only made on the vague authority of the War Department, people are disposed to believe that there is disagreeable news behind the agreeable mask, and that when the full truth comes to be known it will be found that General Sherman's position is not such as the Northern Government and people would look upon with complacency. Mr Fessenden, as anticipated, has appealed to the people for a loan. Failing to receive from the banks of New York the accommodation ho required to pay the arrears due to the army and provide for the daily expenses of the Government, he has asked the people to assist him with four times as mnch as he would have accepted from the banks, and issued pro. posals for a loan of 200,000,000 dols. for three years, bearing interest at the rate of seven and three-tenths per cent. in " lawful more;, "—that is to say in greenbacks or legal tender. The lowest sum receiv able is to be 50 dols., and all sums tendered are to be multiples of 50. Although the bonds at the end of three years are either to be paid off, in greenbacks, or to be exchangeable into five-twenty bonds, bear ing 6 per cent interest, payable in gold, it is not likely that any of this loan will he negotiated or negotiable, in Europe, for the reason, quite indepen dent of any considerations of the adequacy of the security, that the rate of interest is much too low, calculated upon a gold standard, to tempt any one to invent in it. Seven and three tenths per cent in greenbacks, with gold at a premium of 158, would only give about £2 16s. for an investment of £lOO sterling, and as it is not unlikely, if the war last through the ensuing winter, that the value of the greenbacks will be much further depre ciated—it is scarcely possible that a single lover of Republican liberty in Europe, or a single enthu siast in the ceuse of the slave in Exeter-hall, or else where, will add to the number cf Mr. Fessendents creditors to the extent of a £lO note. Mr. Fessen den himself appears to be of the same opinion, He says to the people whose help he eolicite—" As yet we have asked no foreign aid. Calm and eelf-reliant our own means thus far have proved adequate to our wants. They are yet ample to meet those of the present and the future. It still remains for a patriotic people to furnish the needful supply.' ; With a misgiving, however, that even the patriotic and lucre loving people of the North may not think more highly of:the terms he offers than the foreigner, to whom he will not yet make an appeal, he says, " This is not the time for any lover of his country to inquire as to the state of the money market, or ask whether he can so invest his capital as to yield him a larger return." But, under such circum stances, would it nct be wiser and better for the Secretary to appeal to the people—not on come mercial grounds for a loan—but on patriotic grounds, for a free-will offering of their abundance, to prevent that "national dissolution" or " national disgrace' which he forsees as but too probable if money be not forthcoming. If the war is to be a holy war for the propagation of an idea—a crusade against negro slavery, a national uprising to preserve a large Union, founded on military force, as something better than a smaller Union, founded upon true Republican liberty—why not call upon the devotees of the doctrine to give, rather than to lend ? If the cause be holy, let the people tax themselves for its support. Let the rich man contribute of his super fluity, without asking :for any return but the pleasant consciousness that ho has aided a great principle. Let the millionaires pour not only their greenbacks, but their gold and silver plate into the Treasury. Let the ladies present Mr. Fessenden with their rings and their brace lets, their watches and their brooches, their dia monds, emeralds, and rubies, to be converted into coin in the markets of the world, in order that the soldiers of the crusade may be regularly paid and abundantly rewarded, and that Unionism may t r iumph, even though liberty should perish. Among the inducements which Mr. Fessenden offers to the people to invest in the war is the un doubted goodness of the security. Leaving out of his calculations the Customs' duties, he informs the little as well as the great capitalists whom he hopes to persuade that " the Internal Revenue Act is a great success, which has exceeded in efficiency the most sanguine expectations cf its authors," inasmuch as while it yielded only 4,500,000 dols in the month of June, 1863, it yielded about 15,000,000 dols in the cor responding month of the present year. He adds that under the amended law which came into operation on the first inst. the returns have averaged about a million a day, and expresses his belief that as the law becomes more familiar and is more efficiently carried out a million 4 day will be the rule and not the exception. Granting the estimates to be correct, it will follow that no more loans must be contracted, or that the incidence of the tee: must be greatly in creaeed if the interest of the existing debt is to be paid, The Administration only admits a proved d e bt of about 1 ,800,000,000 dols., but as this does Lo t include the debt incurred during the present v eer, and a whole host of outstanding, and as yet ; fl i nves ligated, liabithies, financiers friendly to the Administration raise the total to 3,000,000,000 dols., and some not quite so friendly, but quite as lik e ly to be correct, to 4 , 00 0,000,000 dols. Taking the lower estimate, and reckonin g t h e i nterest,wnich varies between 5 and 7 3-13tha per cent,, payable in gold, to average 6 per cent., th e F e d eral Go yen re en t hes, or speedily will have, t o pay, in gold, an annual charge of 180,600,00 D dole. A t t h e present price, of gold—from 156 to 158 premium-- no lees trace 460,000,0 00 d o le. in greenbacks would be required to pay the interest, thus leaving the whole proceeds of the internal revenue deficient by no less than 95,000,000 dols. as a securi'y for the existing debt. Mr. Fessenden and the Northern people may, perhaps, imagine that the p i i ce o f go ld will fall. Perhaps it will ; but if it do not ? There must in the latter case be either a repudiation of the contract to pay in gold, or new loa ns , no t on l y to carry on the war, but to cover a daily augmenting deficiency. July 27. Last night the town was again startled by the details of a new irruption of the Confederates, under Generals Early and Breckenridge, into the valley of the Shenandoah, the defeat of the Federals under Generals Averill and Crook, and the retreat of those o ffi cers w i t h the remnants of their force to Harper's Ferry. Mr. Lincoln and Mr. Stanton, imagining, when the victorious invaders so suddenly disappeared from before Washington, that all danger was past, sent home the militiamen whom they had summoned to their aid ; and went to sleep with their usual poco-curantism—or optim ism—believing, with Candide, that all was for the best in this beautiful world. The result is that Washington is again at the mercy of the Con federates, that there is a panic amongst the Unionist population, secret rejoicing among those who sympathise with the Confederates, and a general exodus of the timid. Governor Curtin, of Pennsylvania, has not yet found time to appeal to New York for assistance to repel the invaders, and Mr. Lincoln, uncertain whether the irruption is great or small, intended for the plunder of farmyards or for the sack of the capital, has issued no proclamation to the loyal people, and demanded no assistance. He is urged, however, to meet the difficulty, whatever may be its real character, by appointing Gen. M'Clellan to the command of the defences of Washington, and promised if he will but have the magnanimity to forgive a political oppo nent, especially one who threatens to be his success ful rival for the Presidency, that at least 100,000 Volunteers will respond to the magic of that name, and make Washington safe now and for the re mainder of the war. If the danger be imminent it is possible, though not probable, that Mr Lincoln will act upon this suggestion. If called upon, M'Clellan is too sincere a patriot, and too good a soldier, to refuse obedience to the call. Meanwhile, the posi tion is, to say the least of it, humiliating to the Federal Government, after which, 105 days since Grant crossed the Rapidan to take Richmond sees its own capital in much greater danger of capture than that of the Confederates. Grant has not a man to spare from Petersburg to assist in the de fence of the Shenandoah or other approaches to Washington, while Lee is not only able to spare from Richmond as many men as are sufficient to make Maryland and Pennsylvania a profitable and comparatively safe foraging ground, but to send Longstreet with a force of 25,000 to the support of Hood at Atlanta. And yet the friends of the Ad ministration persist in asserting that Grant's cam. paign is not a failure, and that the rebellion is on its last legs. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE, LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN. The directors of this company have resolved to recom mend to the proprietors at the half-yearly general meeting on the 18th inst. that the dividend for the half-year end ing Juno 30, 186'4, be at the rate of 41 per cent. per annum on the ordinary capital stock of the company, carrying over a balance of £8,400. ROYSTON AND lIITCHIN. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yes terday at the office, Gracechurch-street ; Major W. Amsinch in the chair. Mr J. C. Janson, the secretary, read the notice conven ing the meeting, and attached the common seal of the com pany to the register of proprietors. On the motion of the CHAIRMAN, it was resolved that a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent, per annum, less income tax, and ld. per £6 ss. stock for expenses of management, be declared on the Royston, Hitchin, and Bhopreth conso lidated stock for the half•year ending the Ist inst., and be paid forthwith. The retiring directors, Sir R. W. Carden and Mr J. Cobbold, M.P., were then unanimously re-elected, and the proceedings terminated. ELY AND NEWMARKET. A meeting was held at Bury St. Edmund's, on Friday, to consider this project. The Mayor (Mr H. La Grice) presided. Resolutions were adopted to the effect that the project deserved the cordial support of the town. The town council and members for the borough were requested to support the undertaking, and the Great Eastern Company was also solicited to afford all practical facilit es for its development. MID-KENT. Yesterday the half-yearly general meeting of this corn , pany was held at the offices. Duke-street, Westminster Mr W. A. Wilkinson in the chair. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said that he had only to congratulate the shareholders upon the passing of the bill for the amalgamation of the concern with the South-Eastern Company. The terms of the agree ment must be deemed highly satisfactory to both parties, especially to the South-Eastern Company. He had also to congratulate them upon the opening of the Addiscombe Ex tension, and the dividend which it was proposed to pay, Mr L. SnirsoN seconded the motion, which was unani mously agreed to. The dividend of 31 per cent, for the half year was de clared, and thanks to the chairman and directors closed the proceedings. STOCKTON AND DARLINGTON. The half-yearly meeting of this section of the North , Eastern Company was held at Darlington yesterday, Col Stobart in the chair, The report of the committee stated that the amount avail able for this section was sufficient to pay a dividend of S per cent, per annumfon the ordinary shares, and leave a sum to be carried forward of £2,893. There was also the balance of £15,989 on share premiums remaining untouched. The general working of the traffic had proceeded satisfactorily in every respect, and the prospects of the undertaking as now united gave promise of continued prosperity. In reply to questions, it was stated that the debt due by the Consett Iron Company amounted to £ lo o,ooo—that in terest upon the original debt had not been paid, but went to make up that amount—that the Iron Company had been reconstituted as a limited liability company—that the railway company hold shares in the now company to the amount of their debt, and that there was every reason to suppose that the loss, if there was any, would be very small. The capital of the company would shortly be called up, and then the position of the company would be more settled. The proceedings then terminated. SOUTH YORKSHIRE. The directors state in their report that £01,271 had been added to capital during the past half-year. The revenue account exhibited a gross income from all sources, under agreement, with the Manchester,Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Company, of £06,265, earned at a total expenditure of £35,039. The balance of £60,326, after meeting the interest and preferential di vidend, would yield a dividend on the ordinary capital at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum. Tho bill to authorise the transfer of the company's undertaking to the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Company re ceived the royal assent on the 23d June. FOREST OF DEAN. Yesterday the half-yearly meeting of the company was convened at the offices of the company, in Victoria-street, Westminster—but there not being a sufficient number of proprietors present the meeting was adjourned. MONK LAND. The report of the directors of this company states that the traffic receipts for the half-year ending the 30th Juno amounted to £13,867, and the working expenses and into rest to £23,183, leaving a net balance of £20,381, against £16,066 for the corresponding half of 1863. There was a progressive increase in the revenue derived from passengers and goods, and the working . expenses were somewhat re duced, being 43.1 per cent. of the receipts. The directors re commended a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent, per annum on the ordinary stock. The payment of this and the guaran teed dividends would absorb £18,051, leaving a balance of £2,833 for the reserve fund, which would then amount to £5,210. The improvements in the permanent way having been nearly completed, the directors hoped to effect a re duction in this charge in future. Four engines had been added to the working stock, and three more were lying built. Those were required to work the additional mileage, for which sufficient provision had not been previ ous l y ma d e, only one engine having been added to th e stock since the opening of the new lines of 18,57. An engine was also now required for the Ballochney inclines, which were at present worked by locomotive power instead of by wire rope as for merly. Seventy_four additional six ton trucks had been added to the stock, and contracts had been entered into for the supply of 133 more of similar capacity. By an arrange ment entered into, the undertaking of this company was to be amalgamated with the Edinburgh and Glasgow, receiv ing a guarantee of G per cent. dividend upon the ordinary stock; and a bill to authorise this amalgamation would be promoted ito the next e?Bdon. of Parliament. The capital THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 9, 1864. account to the 30th June showed that £942,394 had been ex pended, leaving a balance o; £10,159 against the company. GREAT SOUTHERN AND WESTERN. The report of the directors of this company states that the total traffic for the half year ending June 30 amounted to £210,020, and for the same half of 1863 to £203,746, showing an increase of £6,274. The net surplus revenue for the half year was £89,334, ont of which the directors re commended that a dividend at the rate of 4f per cent, per annum be paid to the proprietors of the consolidated stock of the company, which would leave a balance of £1,035 for next half year's account. The returns exhibit an increase in every description of traffic, but did not denote any general improvement in the traffic of the country, as a larger surplus than £6,273 might have been expected from the amalgama tion of the Irish South Eastern Railway with this com pany and the opening of the branch line from Roscrea to Nenagh. The general results of the working of the line for the last half year had been highly favourable. Since the beginning of May there had been a marked im provement in the receipts up to the present time, and, with the prospect of an early and abundant harvest, the .lirectors had every reason to hope that the close of this year would still more clearly exhibit increased prosperity. The line from Nenagh to Birdhill was opened for traffic on the Ist of June last, and they were enabled to state that this branch would be completed, in the most efficient man ner, much within the Parliamentary estimate. The capital account showed that £5,678,042 had been expended, leaving a balance against the company of £19,792. The revenue account showed that £220,061 had been received, and £94,993 expended in working, and £35,734 for interest on loans anel stock, leaving a balance of £89,334. was implicated in the murder. Her husband was now on his way to New York, in company with the police who had gone out to apprehend Muller. She had four children, the eldest being 12 years old and the youngest nine months. Mr Robert Death, jeweller, of 55, Cheapside, said that on the morning of Monday, the 11th of July, a man came into his shop about 10 o'clock and asked if he would ex change a chain which he handed him for one with a key. He took some Albert chains from the window and rang the bell for his brother to come and value the chain offered in exchango. The chain having been valued the man chose one in exchange, the worth being made up by a ring. The chain taken in exchange was broken where it should have formed the hook, which was missing. It seemed to have been mended with cotton or worsted, and a bent pin. The man to all ap pearance was the same as the photograph in possession of the police, but he could only swear to his general character. The box produced was from their establishment, but he could not swear to its being the same as that delivered to the man who exchanged the chain. John Hoeffer, of Part-terrace, Old Ford-road, Bow, said he worked at the same place as Muller, whom he had known about three months. He left off working there about the 2d of July, and said he was going to New York. Witness then lived in Jewry-street, but afterwards by agreement with Muller took his old lodgings at Bow when Muller left England. He went there the Monday before Muller left and slept with him until the Thursday. He saw Muller on the Friday before the murder, and also on the Saturday. He was in the habit of bringing things to wit ness's lodgings for some time before he left. On the Satur day evening he called on him between 7 and S, and told him he was going to see his sweetheart, who he believed was a girl on the town. He was to have taken him to his lodg ings at Bow on the Saturday night, but ho was too busy. He went on the Monday, and that was the first time he was ever at Muller's lodgings, When Muller called on him on the Saturday he was quite sober. When first he knew Mul ler he wore a gold watch and chain, which he afterwards said he had pledged. He did not notice whether he had a gold chain on on the Saturday, but he had on the Monday. Ho showed it to him, and said it had cost £3 15s. He saw no watch attached to it, nor did Muller show him the dupli cate of any watch. He did not ask him where ho got the money from to buy it with. On the Wednesday Muller showed him the duplicate of a chain, and told him it was that of the one ho saw on the Monday before. On the Mon day evening he and Muller went home to Bow to his new lodgings. On the Tuesday he went to see Mr Repack, and found Muller there. On the Wednesday he met him again at Mrs Repsch's, and Muller showed him the duplicate of the chain, telling him he had not enough to pay for his pas sage money by 12s. Mr Repsch had told him of the same circumstance before while he was at work at Messrs Hodg kinson's, and ho gave him a coat to pledge to raise the money. On the same evening Mr Repsch gave him the duplicate for the coat, and Muller that of the chain, re ceiving 12s in exchange. The chain was pledged for £1 108 at Mr Harris's, in the Minories. He neither had nor saw any duplicate for a watch in Muller's possession. The reason he could not go to Muller's lodgings on the Saturday was that he had a private job to finish for a gentleman, and had to bring it on the Monday morning. He did not go out at all on the Saturday night, but stayed in doors working at the job till 10 o'clock. He did net notice any change in Muller's clothes or appearance when ho raw him on the Monday. They were to have gone for a walk together on the Sunday, but Muller did not call on him as ho had promised. Muller earned 25s a week. The photograph produced was a likeness of Muller. He had not spoken with Muller about the murder, but had con versed about it with other persons. Mrs Matthews was here recalled and identified the hat produced as belonging to Muller. The Coroner then adjourned the inquest until Monday week, the 22d inst. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME CIRCUIT.—GunDronu, Aug. 8. (Before Baron Martin and a Special Jury.) DIREY V. HAMILTON AND OTHERS, This was an action of rather a peculiar character. The plaintiff, Louis Dircy, a Frenchman, who conducted his own case, sued the defendant and five other gentlemen for having conspired together to oppress and ruin him, and prevent him from gaining his livelihood by his profession of teacher of languages ; and he claimed £l,OOO damages. There was also a count for slander. The plaintiff, as above stated, conducted his own case, The defendants were severally represented by Mr Bovill, Q.C., Mr Hawkins, Q.C., the Hon. G. Denman, Q.C., Sergeant Ballantine, Mt J. Browne, Mr C. W. Wood, Sir G. Honyman, and Mr Cohen. The case occupied the Court a great many hours, princi pally owing to the mass of irrelevant matter that was intro duced into the inquiry, and the latitude that was kindly ac corded to the plaintiff by the learned judge, to enable him to bring what he conceived to be his grievances before the jury. His opening speech occupied three hours, but as a great many facts of the most disgusting character were in troduced it will be impossible to do more than to give a brief outline of the case. According to the plaintiff's statement, he had been for 20 months endeavouring to bring the mat ter before a jury, and he had applied to no less than 18 attorneys, and he said that six of them would not have anything to do with the case on account of its filthy character, six required more money than he could command, and the other six he described as of the pettifogging class, who promised him they would do what was necessary and obtained all the money they could from him, and at last left him in the lurch, and he was, therefore, at last compelled to appear in person. It appeared that in the year 1857 he established himself at Dulwich as a pro fessor of the French language, ana obtained employment in that capacity at several respectable scholastic establish ments, and also gave private lessons, principally, it ap peared, to young ladies, and for a considerable time there was no doubt that the plaintiff was regarded favourably by those who were acquainted with him, and who employed him in his professional capacity. Things went on in this way for a considerable time, but at length it appeared that letters containing most filthyand obscene drawings were sent to a number of young ladies living at Dulwich and the neigh bourhood, and this, of course, created very great annoyance and excitement, and every endeavour was made to discover who was the guilty party, and after some time it seemed that suspicion fell upon the plaintiff, and the result.was that he was dismissed from all the schools that he had been in the habit of attending, and lost the whole of his pupils. The defendant, Mr Hamilton, it appeared, was a gentleman of considerable property, who was in the habit of residing occasionally at Dulwich; one of the others, Mr Lassam, was a tradesman at the same place, and the Rev. Mr lichens, another of the defendants, was the principal of a school at Camberwell, at which some of the boys referred to in the subsequent proceedings were pupils; and there appeared to be no doubt that they had taken an active part in the proceedings to discover the perpetrator of the disgust ing outrage that had been committed. The principal fact that appeared to be relied on by the plaintiff was, that on a certain day three of the defendants met at the Greyhound Inn, Dulwich, and that they there examined the letters and the obscene drawings that had been received, and that they came to the conclusion that the plaintiff was the guilty party, and that they thereupon resolved to drive him away from the place, and, in fact, to ruin him and prevent him from obtaining a livelihood, Tho case on the part of the Plaintiff was, that ho was entirely innocent, and that the charge had been made by the defendant Hamilton out of r o • venge of his having detected him in the commission of un natural practices with two young lade, and in attempti ng, to debauch his own son. It gill be seen from thi s brief outline of the case that it was a lt o gether one of a very painful and disgusting character, and in the course of the inquiry a great number of letters were put in evidence by the plaintiff with a view of making out his case. One of these letters he admitted was of such a nature that it ought not to be read publicly, although he said ho had merely called things by their right names, or something to that effect ; and he endeavoured to make out that his only object in what he had done was to punish the guilty, and that this was the only reason for the defendants' endeavouring to drive him out of the neighbourhood. The plaintiff, who during his long rambling speech had been several times requested both by the learned judge and the jury to confine himself to the charge he wished to estab lish against the defendants, at its conclusion called several witnesses, but their evidence appeared to be almost as irrele vent to the real issue in the cause as the plaintiff's state ment had been, It seemed, however, when the investiga tion took pla ce a t the Greyhound, that it was the opinion of everybody present that the writing on the envelopes that contained the obscure print resembled that of the plaintiff, and that it was the general impression that it was the handwriting of a foreigner. Tne plaintiff, in answer to a question put by the learned judge as to whether he had any furter evidence to bring forward, replied that ho should like to examine the de fendants. chose to do so he m p i l g a h in t- tia, Baron Martin said it was n ot a v ery usual course for a plaintiff to tak e to call his antagonists witnesses, but if ho and in answ er t o hi m h o i n the quelsrtiolinaedruiblytonthewas the first who was ca ll e d, H e was most positive and indignant manner denied that there was the slightest foundation for the insinuations that had been made against him. He also said that the meeting at the Greyhound was quite a casual one, but they were all of course anxious to discover the guilty party. They com pared the handwriting of the plaintiff with some of the letters, and the impression that was created by this was that he was the party, and the disgusting letter which he ad mitted he had written tended very much to strengthen that supposition. The plaintiff put several very offensive questions to the witnecs, the effect of which was to reiterate the odious accusation he had made against him, but Mr Hamilton indignantly repudiated the suggestions that were made. The jury interposed, and said they did not wish tc hear any more, as they considered the plaintiff had entirely failed in making out his case. Baron Martin said it would perhaps be better that they should hear the whole of the evidence the plaintiffproposed to lay before them before they gave a verdict; The whole of the other defendants were then examined by the plaintiff, but their evidence went entirely to dis prove the caw, that he cuncsteo.. The 12 1 4intq in the courso of the examination became very excited, and told one of the witnesses that what he said was a lie. Baron Martin immediately interposed,and told the plain tiff that if he made use of such an observation again he would commit him. The plaintiff, having shortly afterwards intimated that he had closed his case, Baron Martin said he was of opinion there was no case at all for the jury, and that there was not a tittle of evidence to support the charge of conspiracy. The jury said they were of the same opinion. The plaintiff wished to know if they were unanimous in coming to that conclusion. The foreman of the jury said they were. A verdict was then formally returned for the defendants. NORFOLK ClRCUlT.—lrswicir, AUGUST 8. (Before Mr Baron Bramwell.) EXTRAORDINARY CASE. Solomon Hills, labourer, 22 years of age, was charged with feloniously assaulting Henry Rouse, at Stoke-by- Nayland, then and there putting him in fear of his life, and stealing 10s. in money and a gun, the property of the said Henry Rouse, on the 25th of November, 1861. Mr Orridgo appeared as counsel for the crown; the prisoner was undefended. The circumstances of this case were very extra ordinary, as will be gathered from the following state ment. The prosecutor, a very old man, was living with his son in a lonely cottage in Stoke, and about 8 o'clock on the night of the 25th November, 1861, was going from his house across the yard to the stable, when he was attacked by two men, He was knocked down by one with a stick, and whoa on the ground was beaten about the head till he was nearly " unsensed," as he described it. They then swore at him and demanded all his money, but he declared he had only a few shillings, and those ho handed over. The ruffians threatened to murder him if he called out, and then went into the cottage and helped themselves to beer and a gun that was in the sitting room. They then came to where the old man was lying, and seemed suddenly to have some pity for him, for they offered to carry him in doors—hut he told them to be off, for he'd had enough of them, They went off with the gun and money, and owing to the dark ness of the night the prosecutor could not see well enough to recognise either of them. The police failed in all at tempts to discover the men, and this seemed likely to be an addition to the list of undetected crimes. In January, 1863, the prisoner, with two other men, was tried at Bury St. Edmund's county sessions for a murderous assault upon a gamekeeper, and, being convicted, all were sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment. This term would have expired in July of this year, and in April last a matter arose that led to the prisoner being put upon his trial today. It was this—At the spring assizes last year a wealthy fanner of the name of Humphery was convicted heforo the Chief Justice Erie of shooting at one Isaac Reed, with intent to murder him, and was sentenced to penal servitude for life. He remained in Bury Gaol some months before being re moved, and contrived to talk with his fellow-prisoner Hills. Explaining to him what he had been convicted of, he suc ceeded in persuading hiss to make a confession, taking the crime upon himself and exonerating Humphery, and for doing this the latter was to provide the prisoner with a large suns of money as soon as he got out from gaol. Humphery, by this, expected to receivo a pardon, was to realise his property, and get out of the coun try, when Hills was to avow it was all a trick, and get his release and reward. Hills sent for Mr M'lntyre, the go vernor, and to him made a very circumstantial confession, and repeated it to the visiting justices. He said he would find the gun with which Reed was shot if they would send him to a place (a pond) he named. The governor took him to the pond, and it was dragged and nothing found, but the prisoner declared he had thrown the gun in; that on the night of the attempted murderhe was watching for pheasants by King Harry's grove; that sitting in the ditch his gun went off by accident as Reed was passing, and that ho alone shot Reed. This story was never believed for an instant, but to make the search perfect tho pond was emptied, and there, deeply sunk in the mud, waa found a gun. But this gun was found to be the one stolen from the old man on the 25th November, 1861, It was identified beyond all ques tion, and on being told of the discovery and the disbelief in the statement as to Reed, the prisoner said it was his gun, that he had bought it of some gipsies : and as to the con fession, Humphery had persuaded him to make it, and it was all untrue. He was then told of the identification of the gun, and that he would be charged with the robbery of old Rouse. He was disconcerted at this, but declared he knew nothing of it. During his imprisonment ho had learned to write a very fair hand, and one morning in May last the cook of the gaol picked up a note in the yard where the prisoner had been taking exercise. It was at once re cognised as his handwriting, and was as follows :—" Friend James Wright, I now take the opportunity to write these few lines to you, informing you that I have got to stand trial for we robbing old Rouse, but I don't think they have any suspicion of you, and you must keep dark, but if they should have any suspicion and take you, you must stick hard you don't know nothing about it. You don't want to bo afraid that I shall split, that is an my fault, I don'tthink ho would swear to the gun all that long time, but I think you will be all right. I shall have a coun sel, and if they don't collar you, you can pay for a coun sellor for me, for you ought to do that. You don't want to be afraid that I shall cplit, for I ohniet do thot, beoatime that is my fault. That would have been all right if I hadn't went and shown them the gun, but don't you be afraid. I will stick true, for I think I shall get off at trial. So no more from your old friend. I should sent by old Cooper, but I couldn't get to him, Tell my friends that I want to see them." This Weight was a man who with the pri soner had been originally suspected of the robbery, was in gaol with the prisoner, and " old Cooper" was a prisoner just leaving. The letter to-day the prisoner declared had been written by a man of the name of Holmes, also a pri soner, and placed in the yard, to get him (Hills) in to trouble, but this was satisfactorily negatived by persons knowing the handwriting of both. Upon these fats, pro vided by the prisoner, the jury found a verdict of guilty, and being asked what he had to say, said to the judge, " I hope your honour will have mercy on me," Baron Bramwell—How much mercy did you show to that old man ? You were strong enough to rob him with out beating him. You are a bad fellow, and I sentence you to five years' penal servitude. Another action of slander is being tried before Baron Channel, and will last all day. DANUBE AND BLACK SEA. The report of the directors states that the anticipations expressed in the last report are in the course of being real ized. The period now under review embraces the winter months, during which the traffic is carried on under disad vantages peculiar to that season, and the trade of last win ter was found to be cramped by insufficiency of warehouse accommodation. In addition to this the corn trade has been checked by the very low prices of grain in Western Europe, and, concurrently with these, by the famine in Hungary, which has diverted much of the Wallachian grain from the markets for consumption in that country. Notwithstanding these drawbacks the accounts, which have been made up to the 31st of May, exhibit a clear profit on working of £4,440, subject to payment of interest on borrowed capital of £944, The working of each former winter half year has been attended with loss, and it is but reasonable to expect a much higher rate of profit during the current half year. Before the approach of next winter the want of warehouse room will be to some extent supplied by the completion of the smaller block of warehouses at Kustendjie. Five-sixths of the warehouse room which will be thus provided have already been engaged at re munerative rates by some of the largest houses connected with the Danube trade. The prospects of the present liar. vest in the Principalities are reported to be excellent. About 45,000 of the unfortunate Circassians have during the last three months been carried over the line at low but remunerative rates, under convention with the Turkish Government, which has provided them with settlements on the Danube. OTTOMAN (SMYRNA TO AIDIN). It appears that this company have just received the gua rantee from the Imperial Ottoman Government, as settled in the accounts for the last financial year, in accordance with the terms of the late concession. This concession fixes the amount at £32,300, which is to be paid to the company annually until the line is completed for traffic to Aidin, at which period the guarantee upon the entire capital of £1,734,000 (shares and debentures) will take effect. THE MURDER OF MR BRIGGS. ADJOURNED INQUEST. The adjourned inquest on the body of Mr Thomas Briggs was resumed yesterday morning before Mr Humphreys, the coroner for East Middlesex, at the Vestry-hall, Hackney. The coroner reopened the proceedings by observing that the jury had already received every possible testimony that ' could prove the cause of the death of Mr Briggs, and that their next business wouid be to investigate every circum stance connected with the case that could possibly fix the guilt of the murder on any particular person or persons. The first witness called was Mrs Ellen Blyth, landlady of the house in Park-terrace, Old Ford-road, where the man Franz Muller resided before his departure from England for America in the Victoria. She said that at the beginning of July she had two lodgers living in her house, one of whom was a German named Franz Muller. He left on Thursday, July 14, having given notice to do so a fortnight previously. On the Saturday morning before he left the house between 11 and 12 o'clock, but she did not know at what time he returned. She and her family went to bed at 12 o'clock, but Muller had not then come in. The other lodger, whose name was Goodwin, went out on the Satur day and did not return till Monday, according to his usual habit. At the head of his bed hung a life-preserver, made of whalebone and indiarubber, and loaded at the end with lead. The instrument now in possession. of Mr Tidey, police superintendent, was the one belonging to Mr Goodwin. The next time she saw Muller was at breakfast on the Sunday follosging, between 9 and 10 o'clock. On the Thursday pre ) viously he stayed out all night, and when he returned on the next day he was lame, having, as he said, hurt his foot the day before. On the Sunday he went out for a walk with her and her husband between G and 7 in the evening, having been at home all day until then. On the Monday morning he went out early and did not come back till S in the evening, but she did not notice any peculiarity either in his dress or manner. She did not notice what kind of hat ho wore either then or at any other time. On the Tuesday and Wednesday ho also went out early and did not return till late. The last week he remained at her house he did not do any work. On the Thursday he took leave of them all, saying he had taken a berth on board the Victoria bound for New York. He lodged in her house for seven weeks, and paid her most punctually before he left. On the Monday evening ho had a gold Albert chain which she took notice of. He took it off and showed it to Mr Goodwin, but she did not see whether it had any watch attached to it or not. She also noticed to him that he had get a new ring, but, beyond an expression of assent to her two remarks, he made no observation about either the chain or ring. The photograph produced was that of Franz Mulier. The photograph was hero shown to the jury. It is an ordinary full length carte de vial te portrait of a well-dressed, short, thick-set young man, with a firm, compressed mouth, and small, narrow, half-shut eyes. The witness went on to say that Muller accounted for his going to New York so suddenly by saying that he had been sent there by his employers, the Messrs Hodgkinson. She first heard of the murder on the Monday, but she could not recollect whether the matter was talked of in Muller's pre sence or not. She could not identify the hat produced as the one worn by Muller, neither could she say whether he changed his linen on the Sunday or not, as ho always had his washing done away from home. The week before he left, however, she had washed six new shirts for him. Eliza Matthews, the wife of a cabman living in Earl street, Lisson-grove, said she was well acquainted with Muller, having known him for more than two years. He was engaged to her husband's sister, and used to visit them frequently. Ho came on the Sunday before the murder, and again on the following Monday about 2 in the afternoon. He did not look very well, and was dressed differently towhat he was on the Sunday before. When he was leaving she made some remark about his hat wearing well, to which he replied that it was not the one he usually wore. She also noticed that he wore a gold chain. Formerly he used to wear a watch and chain, but on the Tuesday before the murder she reraarked that he had not ono on, and he ac counted for the circumstance by saying ho had lost it through betting. On the Monday he took off the chain in reply to her remark, and asked her what she thought of it. She did not see any watch attached to it, but there was a locket on it which Muller said belonged to Mr Itepseh, a friend of his. Thinking he could not afford to buy so ex pensive a chain, she hinted that it was not gold, but he assured her that it was, and took a box out of his pocket upon which was printed the name of "Death, jeweller, Cheapside." He told her it was a first. rate jeweller's, and that ho had given £3 lOs for the chain. The box he after wards gave to her little girl, On leaving he said he was going to New York and wished them goodbye. She walked with him to the omnibus and never saw him again. She made the observation about the hat because she had gone with her husband to buy the one he usually wore in November or December las'', at Walker's, in Crawford street. He always wore it until the Monday. She first heard of the murder on the Monday evening from a neigh , hour, but did not say much about it, being busy with her baby. She only read the newspapers on Sundays, and said nothing to her husband about the matter, being busy with her household concerns. She did not recollect saying anything about it to her husband or to any ono else either during that day or the next. Her husband waa in tho habit of going out early and returning late, so she had not much time to speak with him ore such matters. On the Thursday he spoke to her on the subject, and it was not till then that the matter was mentioned between them. She was much employed all day with her children, having a young family. Her husband seldom stopped for his breakfast, generally only taking a cup of tea standing. He mentionel twice that the murderer was taken, but she could not recollect the days. She repeated that she had no com munication with any one about the murder till her husband spoke of it on the Thursday. Her husband can read, and frequently brought home newspapers left in his cab. When Muller came to say goodbye, he told her he particularly desired to see her husband. She told him he would net be at home all day, and he said he would call back on the Tuesday or Wednesday, but did not keep his promise. On the Monday week after the murder her husband came home in the morning and asked her for the box that Muller had given to the child, saying he wanted to know the name upon it. She told him it was in the corner of one of the drawers, and he took it out, read the name, and said it was the same that he had seen on the bills that were out about the mur der, On the Sunday before this Lloyd's newspaper was bought as usual, but it was not touched, as his brother and sister dined with them. As coon as her husband read the name on the box he took it away, saying he was going to I the etation with. it, and that he wa s a f r aid Franz Muller I SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS, TlMEs.—Another "dangerous journey" comes in close succession to the two w hi c h h ave recent l y startled the public, as if to force upon us the abso lute and urgent necessity of some means of commu nication between the different parts of a train. A correspondent writes to inform us that on Thursday last he and four oth er gent l emen took their seats i n a carriage of the 9.15 p.m. train from King ' s-cross for ledinburgh. Just b e f ore start i ng t h e guar d pushed into the carria ge a sa il or, w h o seeme d t o b e intoxicated. They had not gone far before this man became very excited, d e cl are d h o h a d lost all hi e money in the train an d was ru i ne d, an d a t l as t, jumping from his seat, began. to dash about the carriage with th e most f r i ghtful ye ll s an d impreca tions. All efforts to pacify him were useless, and the passengers, in se lf-d e f ence , we r e at len g th obliged to resort to force. Ho was evidently suffer ing from an attack of delirium tremens; be was a powerful men, and it required all the efforts of four of the party to hold him. His struggles were so violent that at one moment he nearly threw himself out of the window, and the next moment almost forced out one of his fellow passengers. Fortu nately they had a strap at hand, with which they succeeded in binding his hands behind his back. But it still required two persons to hold him on the seat, and it became necessary to tie his legs together with handkerchiefs. Even then the security of the other passengers was but precarious, and if the strap had broker they would have been reduced to an other struggle with him, All this while they were travelling by night in an express train which would not stop until it reached Peterborough, a distance of 80 miles, occupying nearly two hours. Alt at tempts to gain the attention of the officials of the i train or along the line were neffectual. The pas sengers succeeded in acquainting their neighbours in the next compartment with their danger, but they were unable. to reach the guard, and men shouted and women screamed the greater part of the way to Peterborough without securing any at tention, Not until they reached Peterborough were they relieved from their furious companion, and ena bled to continue their dreary night journey in peace. As a vivid exhibition of the dangers to which we are exposed by the present railway arrangements, this terrible story is almost more remarkable than the two which have immediately preceded it. In the absence of any better protection, we should all probably consider ourselves more secure in travelling with four or five fellow-passengers than with only one. The more the safer, and, considering the size of most of our carriages . , each passenger in this case had about as much security from the number of his companions as is generally probable. Yet these five gentlemen were all placed in the greatest danger, and compelled to endure two hours of the most harassing anxiety-, by the presence of one madman in their carriage. With such an instance before him, who can feel himself safe from some act of out rageous violence in any railway carriage, end under any circumstances ? One of these persons was an gentleman, who seems to have been einab!e to afford the others any assistance. Suppose two of them had been similarly incapable, or suppose that ., another, who almost fainted owing to the violence of the struggle, had actually done so a little too soon, what might have been the result to the rest? Or what if the man had obtained a knife ? Or suppose , a lady in a delicat e s t a t e o f h ea l t h h a d been cue of the passengers, what might riot have been j ? the .con sequence, to he r o f suc h a two hours' journey Any of thcao suppositions are as likely a , s not to have occurred ; a n d, i n d ee d, i t i s a very fortunate circumstance, aad one which could not be expected mo r a lly, tly l t f our pAbi e ,b o di Q d persons ehould be travelling together at such a critical moment. This case, in short, amounts to a conclusive proof that under present arrangements the occu poets of any carriage whatever, first, second, or third class, may, five minutes after the starting of a train, be at the mercy of a maniac. All passengers, it is evident, now travel at peril of their lives, and all invalids and weak persons at imminent peril, not from the inevitable accidents of nature, but from a perverse neglect of obvious and simple precautions. This case also is serviceable in another point of view, as it proves that nothing short of a ready means of communication between passengers and guard can be a sufficient protection against such dangers. The railway companies would Make us believe that nothing can be done beyond putting the guard in communication with the driver and that this would offer a sufficient security. But in this instance what would have been the use of such a partial communication ? It is very remark■ able that, although the passengers in the disturbed compartment succeeded in making their danger known to their immediate neighbours, they were wholly unable to attract the attention of the guard. It would seem, indeed, that if the guard had been properly attentive it would have been impossible for such continued shouts and screams as are described to have remained unnoticed. But such is the fact. Men could be shouting "Stop the train," and women could be screaming for an hour and a half, without once disturbing the guard. Nor does the presence of officials on the platforms of intermediate stations offer any substitute for this want. Even if it did in any measure, yet if a murder could be committed in one of the short intervals which separate the stations of a metropolitan line, it might bo com mitted between two stations on any railway. But here is a train passing a series of stations for eighty miles, and the passengers unable to attract any effectual attention. It seems that they did attract some notice at one station, and danger signals were consequently exhibited, but the driver only slackened his speed for a while till the signals were passed. It was night, it is true, but night is no exceptional circumstance to modern travellers. More than half the passenger travel ling to Scotland is by night. In short, it may be considered to be established once for all by this oc currence—though it never needed such a practical demonstration to men of common sense—that the lives of passengers cannot possibly be secured against the violence of maniacs or criminals, or against the peril of partial accidents, except by the establish ment of a ready communication between passengers and guards, The Board of Trade lately issued a Circular on the subject to all the railway companies. It drew the attention of the Directors to recent occurrences, and requested their co-operation in devising some means of obviating such pressing dangers. It suggested two expedients —one, that of placing windows between the compartments of the carriages ; the other, a footboard and handrails through the whole length of the train ; and it ap , peared to the Beard " deserving of consideration whether this expedient, guarded of course by proper regulations, might not be generally adopted with very beneficial effects." Lastly, they mention the use of a cord running along the train, " by which the guard can attract the attention of the engine driver," as a recognised and confessedly feasible plan. It is very strange, that having thus placed these two contrivances of a footboard and a running cord side by side, the Board should not think of combining them. - We have, however, pointed out on a previous occasion that in combination they would solve the whole difficulty. Let there be a running cord for communication, not only between guard and driver, but between passengeraand guard, and let there also be a footboard by which the guard, and the guard alone, might traverse the train. IBy this simple plan any passenger might call the guard's attention, and the guard could at once go to see what was the matter, and act accordingly. There would be no interference with the driver of the train, and there need be no opportunity afforded to passen gers for missusing:the footboard. Some such obvious expedient must be enforced if railway companies will not adopt it themselves. For the present the Board of Trade relies on the " cordial co-operation of the rail way companies," and contents itself with drawing attention to these suggestions and asking for information. But such cases as the one we have been commenting on may easily make it necessary to go further. We already enforce upon railway companies and shipowners many precautions for the public safety which might otherwise be over looked. A line is not opened nor a passenger steamer allowed to sail without its safety in certain points being certified by official inspection. It is a very short step to forbid railway carriages to run without certain necessary appliances. We should extend the principle very unwillingly, but if rail way companies will not protect us from such dan gers as this, we must ask the Legislature to protect us. POST.—Tho weather, which people ususually talk about when they are at a loss for something to say, is now the subject of earnest conversation and serious thoughts. Everything.that . indicates, or is thought to indicate, a change is anxiously ob served, and thousands, who under ordinary circum stances never remark the age of the MOOD, will re member that it enters into its first quarter tcernor row afternoon. What cne night of stgady, gentle, unceasing rain would be worth to this country can only be roughly estimated. After weeks of drought, too, the downpour that is desired is also dreaded. A tropical storm, while it cleared the atmosphere, would thrash out the parched grain on the field. As it is, the cattle are eating up in summer the food which is reserved for them in winter, and the supply of water is daily diminishing. The hay has been saved, but there is no after crop, and in some places corn has been cut for fodder, Happily the wheat appears to have generally escaped the blight, but the turnips have failed, and the fruit and leaves are falling prematurely from the trees. In a great city we experience that which is visible throughout the country, in the increase in the price of the neces saries of life. When vegetation is scorched, meat is dear, and milk and butter are scarce; and what is a hardship to the wealthy classes is a calamity to the poor. At the same time, we have reason to be thankful that we are in:a condition to bear up against these privations. On the ether side of the Atlantic, while the rivers are running low, and the insects are destroying the crops, hostile armies are completing the work of devastation. There, while they have difficulty in procuring water blood is saturating the land. No doubt we may have yet to feel the effects of this sweltering heat. Possibly in the frosts of mid-winter we shall rind out what it has entailed upon us. At present, however, there is no cause fcr more than reasonable anxiety. We are suffering inconvenience generally, and many who at this season do not commonly require assistance will perhaps have to seek relief. But there is still ground for hoping that the harvest will exceed the expectations of the agriculturists, who are naturally not sanguine; ned in that case the rise in the price of provisions will be only temporary. We may have a long and genial autumn, and a com paratively mild winter. The vicissitudes of nature are, .we believe, directed on principles which even tually conduce to the welfare of the human race, and in that faith we should put our trust. We can not compel the clouds, but we can out of the wealth we have accumulated make provision for any dis tress which may be occasioned by the suspension of of the regular rainfall. Moreover, while the ac. counts from the agrtcultural districts are gloomy, the watering places are, as was to be expected, full. People are hurrying awayfrom the heat and dust of the towns to the seashore; and this, if other proof were wanting, would serve to show that we are as a nation thriving and comfortable, and it does not become us to repine over a passing evil. It is quite possible that at Brighton or Margate they can take a more philosophical view of the state of the barometer than we can in London ; still, here or there, it may be regarded, not with indifference certainly, but without apprehension. Bain was never more wanted than it now is. One has only to go into into the parks to see that everything is dried up and perishing. But that it is coming we may be sure, and it, by the mercy of Heaven, it falls abundantly, and yet softly, over the . arid land and the brittle crops, the fears !and misgivings of the hour will be immediately dispelled, and at a hundred harvest homes England will rejoice and be thankul as of yore. HERALD.—We have at length abundant and incontro vertible proof of the infamy of tho inferior agents of the Federal Government, of the incredible brutality of its mili tary commanders, and of the unblushing despotism, exer cised not only over the liberties of his own fellow-citizens ' but over those of our fellow-countrym en , b y the President of the Northern States. Crimes of which they were before but strongly suspected are now brought home to the very doors of the American authorities, and can no longer be denied, for we are furnished, through our Minister at Washington, with an admission of more daring acts of vio lence, insult, and wrong, co mm itt e d b y the so-called Un i te d States on British subjects, than were ever before perpe trated by one nation on those of another having an y pre tensions to an equ a lit y of numerical strength or po li t i ca l standing. First, w e h ave the case of M'llugh, tyrannically detained in prison b y Ab raham Lincoln for' 7 months after a full acquittal pronounced by a tribunal selected by his accusers themselves. And now comes that of 7 Irishmen, basely kidnapped and forced into the ranks of the Federal army, to fight fur a cause which did not concern them, and in a quarrel w i th which they never ha d a ny intention of meddling. Those unfortunate persons served through all the bloody battles of the campaign, but when at last they suc ceeded in soaking their case known Lord Lyons was com pelledby its enormity to take immed iate action, and the President's Government. unable to justify the conduct of their crimps, or to evade an acknowledgment of the injus tice done their victims, reluctantly consented to restore them to liberty. An order was sentfortieirre thleas4et ti ,t z l e n r d e the treatment which they received plainly provesl are more ruffians than Butler amongst the Federal ffenerals. One of the seven Irishmen had fallen in action, an d the survivors, when the order for their discharg e arrive d, were not, as in common decency they shou ld have bee.n, Bent back furnished with ample means to procure sustona.nce and transport. That would not have suited the policy o f those w h o w e ll knew that there were thousands of Da ors serving under their command who had been similarly en snared, and who, were their cases equally well ke ,own, would be as certainly reclaimed ; they therefore detern due ( ' to conceal, as far as p oss ible, the interference of the fish Government in behalf of its entrapped su b j ects, and .0 make it appear to all their partners in misfort une that the, r comrades were rather about to be punished for raiscouduot than liberated under compulsion. The six men were accordingly first confined in the "bull ring," a sort of opening prison, amongst the most degraded crinainals ffe , and then marched to their destination, handcud. and guarded with no shelter at night agilinst the the of the weather, and no bed but damp earth. They were unsupplied with rations aud left to support nature as best they might, by feeding nn g rass and unripe apples ; and after being harassed and tormented in every possible manner that the practised barbarity Yankee officials could devise, they at l e ngth, waYweriathe exhausted, found themselves under the protection ef "- . British flag. So far so wall. We are bound to of ledge that on this occasion and to this extent our Governiae.nt —Whig though it be—hasacted in a praiseworthy en d dig nified manner ; but is the matter to end here? Are there to. be no indemnities enforced for such unmerited sufferingsdr Is the American Government, as usual, to be coniplir ueta , te e on its ready compliance with the demands of our Alin and and then allowed to swagger off without coraPen M`Hugh for his seven months' illsdetention, °r gal roe other six Irishmen for the indignities and cruelties P ly tised upon them, even after having, though unwil!to participated in the battles of their persecutors? T raf: ieS when England would have promptly avenged su ch inj o r-- inflicted on her citizens by a demand for an a P °l le t put sve instead of requesting an indemnity in money s ; d in days when the payment of hard cash s colloid's' ample satisfaction for the most grievous act of ' l 5 pression ; and perhaps our Ministry may e P ilic e k sufficient courage, and exact at least the -114° outregeo: mary penalties for such gross and unprovoked Lord Palmerston sent a fleet to Athens to demand eatishiSc: tion for the mere property losses of a British subje ct ' were thanoa otother er now, doubtful—and yitsh 0f satin claims were exorbitant, and whose nationality w as too equal yYankee n he krei ge e oni injustice, j o r usr:i behalf he iiitig. 3 : a s a it d at° tll e port are far better founded than we w re h t o la s o e s c e la o i rD set:Vj'aiscilgeli re : a tes 0 0, We own we can scarcely hope it, for the Federal St as yet more powerful than Greece ; and their victi l ' a i , s sr s unfortunately for themselves, "mere Irish." The e i l e .ill t• declaims most eloquently against those violations "" ' c oy sonal liberty by Uncle Abe and his myrmidons, incitg/3,14 demands " what the Irish newspapers are about ti la ' A t t b a do not warn their peasantry against emigrating," ape rld asks, with a strong touch of contempt, " if they h ave :h• themselves to the landlords ?" Ilad the writer of this slash' t ing article but coolly reflected on the subject, h a °ill ;fee t fail to discover that the Irish press is powerles 'ttict what he desires. The Irish peasantry act upon the : / ' 0 14 principles of free trade (of which the Times is 9 h : 011 so consistent an advocate) in carrying their labour , lc b ich article they have to dispose of, to the market Pa , t hem' lP it fetches the highest price. No one can pr eve and we conceive, that while following the dictates of ,toe' ticsl economy, they are entitled to at least as nlu cla P Ti r igtv tion as would be afforded, in case of need, to the cciisilete ments of a Baring, or the cotton-prints of a Brig ilt• leg is a certain method of effectually stopping the iaaf-I,;:tbe system to recruit their armies so liberally patronise r- ds°' •e cir y'e Federal Government, which has escaped our conten3P°na-- notice—or which more likely he hesitates to reor ays to e 01 and that is to insist upon ample indemnities bring e el eptouchvo es rsgrantedpossibly lhhyias t btofetethdehiliosisnspeiptaoeyi disputed. s . bt o he n Te s ci oro w ont h oeshn o i d s dt e eeh rrclaimsYankee's i f a e t t h pl e rvo i e:lB;slanat not you oe;I:c dangerous an experiment on Brother y Jo o Lh arl s an3P tv and that the grievances of M‘Hugh and Il ls es. wed augmenttriots will be left unredressed, to the nectild at amenities of which the Tinics says our MinistrY some future period " be bound to remind the Aniertes vernment." COUNTRY MARIiETS. this corn C e O xe L h C a ll ng E e S t T o- E d ß a;Tt A he u r G e . vs a 7,evat a yearo -,-,--. f O le ' s' At ' of new wheat, but the quality was not so good ii 0 5 and crop. There was a thin attendance, and the busilles'or extremely limited. Beans rates. fr lg a .33s , 0 Wheat, white. 46s 52s Beans, Maar •.,- 3b red 43s 49s middle St buiallsods gi, •353 ,1 Barley —s —s Peas, white ..... . , ,) b 31)3 Oats . ... 2os 25s grey ..... peas Is per qr over fo rd GLOUCESTER—AuG. 6. t There was a fair attendance of farmers at ntsila F 0 slowly ld a modera:e supply of English wheat, which; W t at a reduction of is per qr on the prices of 13 !, p rice' Foreign wheat again in very limited demand, 011 ' nominal. Spring corn firm, at full values. NORTIIAMPTON—AuG. G. ciil o6 A tolerable show of wheat to-day but a small !l ei ell took place at a decline of is per qr. , Not much Vi r o leo. show. flats in :.etiye demand, an iat last week's to oleo . A fair business doing in heaps at t raits, in favou r cf to 43 5 ' —White wheat, new, 4 9 s to 44s • new red, - Ws,, 366' old. 40s to 4Gs per qr. Barley, new malting, 348 4 teA c i grinding. , 28s to 338 per qr. Oats, 24s to 333 per Beans, 38s:to 40s. Peas, 35s to 40s per qr. --- CHELMSFORD—Auct. 5. We had a sm a ll s h ow o f grain on offer a t our IljAcaeliitta to-day, but th e t ra d e was dull at about is per qr `",riceot on last week' s quo t a ti ons . Spring corn firm at late!' but not much doing. Wheat, old white 30s 46s new —0 —s old red 34s 38s new —s —s Barley 25s 33s Chevalier 26s 36s Grinding 20s 28s Malt. . 365 SO Yeas, Partridge...* . White .......... 3 04 !,4 Boiling ........313 Dun ........... 316 Ditto new .. ... .so . „„e Beans, Tick, ..A age n ev7 “3s o Harrow Ticks 556 ne W.. 330 Mazagan • Chevalier 64s 68s Oats 9 0s 26s 3RAIN—Avo. 6. w h ea t and oats at fag or rley. Sale s slo. rtice for barley and oars were o oh ts oft• Barley. 18$ 0 a —s Od i 9 Od —s Od 0 0 5 0(1 —s Od KIRKCALDY We had small supplies of and only two parcels of bal wheat 6d to Is down. Prices I the same as last week. Wheat. First....36s Od Second .. 37s Od Thnd....39s Od Foreign Mail Packet LW" „, 1 5 MAILS DUE. „ Alio Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton'” , 4. via Marseilles .........Sept. iirazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. ..... ,Atig . ",••• Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. China, Penang, and Singapore, •• via Marseille s via SouthareptcP.',,:o6. P. ....• Falkland Islands ~, Gibraltar, via Southampton ................... Nl' 1;3, India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampto n ' dug'jo , via Marseilles.....mg . ,;0 India (Bombay), via Southampton ....'''.Bug' 4, via Marseilles ........... i•ePC' , Portuga1.... .. Aug'• rj„ Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton .... NO 17, via Marseilles ...... ' . /1 11 6' .... . Newfoundland ......................... • 11, Oporto and Vigo .. U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.' ' I , „P. by U.S. t acke ' lo packet* "'Aug. by Canadian P ;14 i Au g, All parts of West Indies, including Chili, l' e j California. and British Columbia. .......... -trg THE TRIAL OF BRICE AND PC' .- 17° :,,or a A Lgi s a s L A r s u pto L jo T la Obi : A s ir L z O : C E s t ßu r rr o ti o c The for to, which has e xcite c d bie f upon Dr. W. P. Howe. greatest interest in Liverpool,h e vi c ill be tried before Lordoorf J Q n o st . ie h e as Co b e g k e burn on Wednsday. gr DigbY 5eY n engaged for the defence• YLeSsutel;d:s7:ceetuultrted.rantdraujameolitpii-.! serious. GR G O r V o E v 0 -- , 0 ---------O f n a gi l l e ign hemp il - to, ;re JACK Chichester P-° -- 0 0+ SON,—On the sth inst , at Town, Brighton, the wife of Sir Charles JACIO3O I son. str e f t : i tit Births. t ahtsDersingharao 31r° ' r ' °Be KENYON.—On the 7th inst„ at 6, Lower 13er'„,,,,, , (2.-' Portman-square, the wife of J. 8,. lievY oll, ''''. of two sons. of L i a eoin Marriages. OW" LI DANDER — STRONG. — On the 6th'inst , Norv";)--,.iLto, o f Surrey, Charles John Mander, Esq . . Louisa, youngest daughter of Sanluel Stron' e Norbiton. Surrey t - t thlf 3 PUL l at FO ord, DA.,RD—GILBER ofTD SON rking., .—On the Gth o 10211)3°1'4 ". h P o daughter of Mr. Gilbertson, of Ludgate-bill• T an at c ,— he o st n er t „ h a e ge s d th 7B in y st ea , rs a , t l s ii t s . Deaths. mo tor'. BAUROW.—On the 7th inst ,aat South Bank , reli o. Bo lN o l Booth, Esq. abed 65. . , of oer Bilk - - . NCKEIL.—On the 6th inst , at Field souse, tree P eter IV' , etet NV. Brancker, Esq . 0. d7 B ~ as,e ' the - d BEAMESq-bush, v,0,,,;, On the 6th inst. at Shepherd. Thomas '— Beames, M.A ,Of B h Led , r 0 thit` , as shiny 0 , ZO, • eA s 393131 COSTEKEIL—Oa the sth inst. , at Stratford, Esse I Costeker, aged 79. ati go FiTzlIF 160 , 814"HeOenlitirriedt"7-0131:Sre°:, PiVi' aIBERT.—On the 6th inst., at %- est Far Meynell Fitzherbert, aged 16. ~,e ris iegt SINCLAIR.—On the 6th inst , at the Vicarago, P:, itigll ton, Mis s Catherine Sinclair, daughter of the 11:ri',/oere lion. Sir John Sinclair, NIA. and Author a , Accomplishments," "Xodern'Suciety," S:c• n .11; TS r LOndon : Priraed and rr bushed Dy iviLLLOI-"'" - - , J' of 112, Strand, Printer, at TUE Sufi Office Strand, AU the Precin ct of the lavoy, .n the 011 ALiclaesez.—Wttesday, August 9, 1601. Ap et( t' 4 ' 0 r The: 1p ~..„2... lac es doe s carria ,Lon, r rit.i Thet e til ii a l u ti ; Trite a di ~_ vY,A_ :8, s o ,rho 11 e o r 004, Rho ir W h Pac , ,cr e e nt ( 8 1 , e re d c uci;